Our New Passion for Beads!

(Basic beading supplies, beads and beading wire, I also used florist tape, not pictured)

One of my Mother's Day gifts was Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts.

There are so many projects in this amazing book that I want to tackle but first on my list was beading.  Beads are fun and pretty and come on, if I can make awesome flowers for Ella's hair, then I am a happy girl.  I really love finding pretty accesories for her, but if I can make them, WOW!  Seriously the thought has never crossed my mind but now I am hooked, or shall I say "WE" are hooked because my husband Jeff enjoys it too.  Perhaps I should not be sharing that but he does!  We put the baby to bed, have a glass or two of wine while we watch our shows and we do beads! LOL 

So my goal was to make these beaded flowers but I will need more practice. The instructions are not as detailed as I would like so instead of these from Martha:

These are what I came up with:

Practice makes perfect so I will continue to try for the more elaborate versions and I will still need to attach these to hair clips and elastics.  Beading is fun, try it you never know what you will come up with!